Saturday, December 30, 2006

ULTRA Gingerbread House pictures

On Friday, December 29, 2006, seven ULTRA members gathered at the Library to construct an entry for the First Annual Gingerbread House Competition, sponsored by the Upton Recreation Commission. Well, we didn't win any prizes, but we sure did have a lot of fun! Here are just some of the many pictures I took of this colorful, laughter-filled, sweet-smelling, and at times stressful event!!! (like when the roof caved-in for the second time .... !!!)
These are pictures of the final entry, #16:
Here's Hannah, hard at work decorating the gingerbread
people w/purple frosting, to match our ULTRA T-shirts,
while other members begin to assess the situation,
and decide how to begin construction!

Jenna gets to work as Emily D looks a bit skeptical as Emily K explains her idea for securing the roof!

Chenoa gets in on the action by adding some marshmallows ...

and Brianna has waaaaaayyyyy too much fun with the frosting!
(I'm not sure if anyone went home withOUT frosting in their hair by the time this was over!!!)

Emma, Brianna and Emily D discuss another
roofing technique . . . but ultimately we ended up w/a flat-roofed house, and one section of roof ended up being turned into a lovely backyard patio:

Friday, December 22, 2006

Happy Holidays!

Just a quick reminder that the Library will be CLOSED on Tuesday, DECEMBER 26, but all other hours will remain the same. Happy Holidays! Enjoy School Vacation!!!

Thursday, December 14, 2006

TeenTuesday: Next Week!

Quick Reminder:
Our next TeenTuesday gathering is on Tuesday, December 19. If you haven't picked up a copy of our December discussion book, Flipped, yet, there are still a few copies available, on reserve, at the library. Please ask for one at the desk so you can read it! We will also be discussing plans for the Gingerbread House project, so I hope to see you all on Tuesday at the library, 4pm!!

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Red Cross Babysitter Certification Class

Next session: August 2009!
Click here for more details!

Red Cross Babysitter's Training Course - Ages 11-16 - $55.00

Course covers Basic First Aid, Safe and Creative Play, Basic Care for Infants & Children and how to respond in an emergency. It is designed to help participants develop skills in leadership and professionalism, including how to advertise & interview for babysitting jobs, and how to handle behavioral problems in a creative way!
Participants in the Babysitter Course receive an American Red Cross certificate of completion, babysitter's handbook and backpack.


Sunday, December 10, 2006

TeenTechWeek . . . coming soon!

Teen Tech Week will be celebrated, nationwide, for the first time March 4-10, 2007.
What is TeenTechWeek??
Click here to find out!

Thursday, December 7, 2006

Manga Mags at the Library

In case you haven't seen these yet, I just wanted to remind you about our very popular, recent subscriptions to 2 Manga mags: ShoJo Beat and ShonenJump! We can barely keep 'em on our shelves! Be sure to check out all of our Young Adult magazines, and also all the cool stuff on our Graphic Novels/Manga slatwall display (on the wall next to the stairs to the Reading Area).

Wednesday, December 6, 2006

Gingerbread House Competition!

BREAKING NEWS: On Friday, December 29th, the Upton Recreation Commission is sponsoring a Gingerbread House Competition . . . and ULTRA is going to have an entry!! We will be discussing the details at our upcoming TeenTuesday on the 19th, but the tentative plan is to choose a time to get together during school vacation week (probably either Wednesday or Friday afternoon) to put together our Gingerbread House! We can decorate it w/purple frosting and spell out ULTRA on the roof in green gumdrops! cool!

Thursday, November 30, 2006

~Friends' BookShelf Project~

As you enter the Knowlton-Risteen Building, just before you go into the Library, please take a moment to notice the BOOKSHELVES on your left (or on your right if you're on your way OUT!!) These shelves are maintained by the Friends of the Upton Town Library (the very same group who approved the purchase of our ULTRA-cool T-Shirts!), as a fundraising project to support the Museum Pass program.
The items on the shelves are donated, and are FOR SALE: hardcover books and DVDs are $2, softcover books and VHS tapes are $1, and all kids books (INCLUDING juvenile and YA titles!!) are just 2/$1!!! Check out the great selection, and keep this in mind for your holiday shopping . . . you may find some great gift ideas!

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

New Books in Upton!

I was just at CMRLS headquarters last night, where they are in the process of clearing out their book collection, and giving everything away to member libraries, so I picked up some great new books for our collection!

Some titles include:

The
Fashion Disaster That Changed My Life by Lauren Myracle (author of TTYL & TTFN)


Piratica: being a daring tale of a singular girl's adventure upon the high seas, presented most handsomely by the notorious Tanith Lee



The King of Mulberry Street by Donna Jo Napoli

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Food for Fines!

Hey Everyone,
We're doin' it again! The Upton Town Library will, once again, be participating in Food for Fines, to help the Upton Bloomer Girls collect donations for families in need this winter.
Here's how it works:

November 28th - December 20th, 2006
"Your donations of non-perishable food items, toiletries and household paper products will be accepted in lieu of overdue fines this holiday season! Donations will be distributed to the needy families in our community."


The fine print: ONLY UPTON FINES (from overdue items) WILL BE WAIVED (ie: if your fines are from other libraries, you would still have to pay those; if the fines are actually replacement charges for lost/damaged items, those cannot be waived.)

And even if you DON'T owe any fines, you are certainly still welcome to make a donation!!
:)

Monday, November 27, 2006

December's discussion book . . .

For our next TeenTuesday (on December 19th), ULTRA will be discussing FLIPPED. Click here to read more about it! Copies are on reserve at the Library now, so just stop by and request one.


Book Store Field Trip!

In September 2006, we went on our first, official ULTRA field trip!
Eight members of ULTRA joined me in a fun-filled shopping spree at Tatnuck Bookseller & Cafe in Westboro. We picked out LOTS of great books and had a great time sharing them all with each other in the store's meeting room, and then carefully selected 40 to purchase for the library's collection! This AWESOME group of teens (ranging in age from preteen to 17!) chose everything from historical fiction to science fiction, fantasy to reality, biographies to graphic novels . . . proving that there really IS something for everyone @ the Library!

Friday, November 24, 2006

Check out these ULTRA-cool T-shirts!!

After helping to raise money for the Friends of the Upton Town Library recently, at their Annual Fall Book Sale, with our own ULTRA-Bake Sale, they were in turn supportive of us, by purchasing our brand-new ULTRA T-shirts! Here some of us are, proudly wearing our new T's!
THANK YOU to the Friends! Also, thank you to the Little Coffee Bean in Upton for their generous donation of coffee, and to the Three Seasons Restaurant at Blackstone Valley Tech.HS for their delicious donations as well!